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Synonyms & Antonyms of obeisance
a show of respect or acknowledgement of the authority or importance of another
- They made obeisance before the king and queen.
- She earned herself some political enemies when she failed to make the proper obeisance to those in power.
Synonyms and Near Synonyms for obeisance
Antonyms and Near Antonyms for obeisance
- affront,
- barb,
- brickbat,
- cut,
- dart,
- dig,
- dis
- (also diss)
- [slang],
- epithet,
- gird,
- indignity,
- insult,
- name,
- offense
- (or offence),
- outrage,
- personality,
- poke,
- put-down,
- sarcasm,
- slap,
- slight,
- slur
- balkiness,
- contrariness,
- contumacy,
- defiance,
- disobedience,
- frowardness,
- insubordination,
- intractability,
- noncompliance,
- obstreperousness,
- rebelling,
- rebellion,
- rebelliousness,
- recalcitrance,
- refractoriness,
- self-will,
- unruliness,
- waywardness,
- willfulness
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